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J. G. PERRY.

Sausage Stufier. I No. 25,440. r Patented- Sept. 13, 1859.

UNITED STATES PATENT orricn.

JOHN G. PERRY, OF KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND.

SAUSAGE-STUFFER.

i Specification of Letters Patent No T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. PERRY, of Kingston, in the county ofVashington, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImproved Machine for Filling Sausages; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a fulland correct description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to letters of reference marked thereon,similar letters in the different figures denoting the same parts.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of the machine open toshow the internal arrangement. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of themachine closed ready for operating.

The distinctive feature of my machine, in which it difiers from othersmade for the same purpose consists mainly in using a cylinder having aspecial cavity in its periphery in combination with a nozzle or nozzlesand a follower or leaf-cam fitted into and working in this cavity,sothat by their combined action the meat is forced out the nozzle into thecases.

To enable others skilled in making machinery to construct my machine Iwill describe its different parts and mode of operation.

The case A is a hollow cylinder divided horizontally through its centerinto an upper and lower part, which are hinged together on one side andprovided with a fastening a upon the other side to keep it closed whilein operation. On both the upper and lower parts of the case A are madeflat semicircular projections B B (square to the plane of revolution ofthe cylinder C) which when the two parts of the case are shut together,form, by means of a slight projecting ridge on each, a chamber to holdthe follower or leaf cam D.

C is a cylinder with a spiral hollow made in its surface, into which isfitted the leaves of the follower or cam D which may be made with two ormore leaves and is pivoted at its center on a stud or screw-pin (Z,which passes through the center of the projection B. The cylinder C hasa shaft E projecting at one end upon which it turns in a bearing F atthe end of the case opposite to the dis- 25,440, dated September 13,1859.

charging orifice or orifices. Upon the outer end 6 of this shaft isplaced the crank or pulley for communicating motion to the cyl- I inderthe other end of which mayor may not 1 have a journal at its center toturn on, as it is not necessary that it should, because the body of thecylinder turning in the case will keep it in place and steady.

G G are the discharging tubes or nozzles which hold the bags or casesthat are to receive the meat; there may be one or more of these nozzlesand they may be placed directly in the end, or in the side of the caseA.

H is a hopper for receiving the meat into the machine.

The operation of the filler is as follows: Motion being given to thespiral cylinder C the meat is steadily fed in through the hopper withouthaving to stop and reverse the motion as is necessary in loading others,and is received into the spiral cavity of C and is carried around withit until it comes in contact with the leaf of the follower, when beingprevented from going around any farther with the cylinder it iscompelled by the combined action of the cylinder and follower to passforward to the end of the machine and out of the nozzles into the casesthat are placed on them, and so continually fills and delivers thesausages from the nozzles into the receiver below. If it were not forthe obstruction offered by the follower or leaves D the meat would havetoo great a tendency to continue turning around with the cylinderinstead of being forced toward the end of the machine. The follower andspiral cavity are so adapted to each other that as one leaf is forcedout by the action of the cylinder, another leaf is carried in so thatthere is one filling a horizontal section of the cavity at all times.

I claim- Combining the cylinder C, having a spiral cavity, or cavities,with the follower D, substantially as described, for the purposes hereinset forth.

JOHN G. PERRY.

itnesses J 01m F. ADAMS, BENJ. B. ADAMS.

